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The Eel
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
Where to watch The Eel
The Eel is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.
Cast
- Koji Yakusho as Takuro Yamashita
- Misa Shimizu as Keiko Hattori
- Akira Emoto as Tamotsu Takasaki
- Fujio Tokita as Jiro Nakajima
- Mitsuko Baisho as Misako Nakajima
- Show Aikawa as Yuji Nozawa
- Ken Kobayashi as Masaki Saito
- Sabu Kawahara as Seitaro Misato
- Etsuko Ichihara as Fumie Hattori
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Eiji Dojima
- Chiho Terada as Emiko Yamashita
- Sanshō Shinsui as Doctor
Details
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Released
- May 12, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Studio
- Eisei Gekijo, Groove Corporation and Imamura Productions
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.9 / 10 from 135 votes
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